Daniel Edmund Cummins

Daniel E. Cummins, Esquire is an AV-Rated Partner in the Clarks Summit Pennsylvania law firm of Cummins Law ().  Clarks Summit is located just outside of Scranton, PA.

With over a decade of civil litigation experience,  Attorney Cummins has focused his practice on defending motor vehicle accident liability cases and UIM/UM arbitration matters along with premises liability and products liability cases all across northeastern Pennsylvania.  Where warranted, Attorney Cummins has also represented legitimately injured parties at times in their pursuit of justice following an accident.  Mr. Cummins is also routinely summoned by his defense clients to handle matters involving insurance coverage questions and insurance subrogation claims. 

Attorney Cummins is additionally available to serve as local counsel, a defense arbitrator, a mediator, or otherwise in matters arising in Northeastern Pennsylvania.  He conducts mediations through Cummins Mediation Services and also serves as a Mediator in the Federal Middle District Court of Pennsylvania.

Attorney Cummins strives to handle all of his matters in the most cost-efficient, prompt, responsive, and personable manner possible.

With his firm based just outside of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Mr. Cummins practices in the state and federal courts in all of the counties that make up Northeastern Pennsylvania.  He handles case as far west as Williamsport, Pennsylvania and as far south as Jim Thorpe, Allentown, and Easton, Pennsylvania.

Attorney Cummins is a cum laude graduate of Villanova University (’90, B.A., English) after which he obtained his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law (’93, J.D.).  While in law school, he completed his law school studies at the University of London in London, England (Spring, ’93) in a study abroad program. 

After graduating from law school, Mr. Cummins served as the Senior Law Clerk for the Honorable Harold A. Thomson, Jr. in the Pike County Court of Common Pleas for two years before going into private practice, where he has focused on insurance defense litigation ever since.

AWARD-WINNING CIVIL LITIGATION COLUMNIST

In addition to being well-known as a civil litigator, Mr. Cummins has also published many articles that have appeared in the Pennsylvania Law Weekly, the Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, the Pennsylvania Lawyer magazine, and the Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal.  Attorney Cummins’ numerous articles have analyzed and predicted trends in a wide variety of areas of civil litigation law and have also provided practice tips for fellow members of the bar.  Mr. Cummins has been awarded at least seven Schnader Print Media Awards for Excellence in Legal Writing.

More recently, at the request of the editors of the Pennsylvania Law Weekly, a statewide legal news publication, Attorney Cummins has become a regularly contributing columnist on civil litigation issues.  As noted below, several of his articles have been recognized for their excellence in legal journalism.

As a complement to his civil litigation column in the Law Weekly, Attorney Cummins is also the sole creator and writer of the nationally recognized and award-winning blog entitled "Tort Talk" ().  The blog is designed to provide updates on important cases and trends in Pennsylvania civil litigation law.

Attorney Cummins is also the former writer of the annual Supplement to the legal treatise, The Pennsylvania Trial Advocacy Handbook.

AWARDS AND HONORS

AV-Rated

Attorney Cummins is AV-Rated by the Martindale-Hubbell Directory, which is the highest rating an attorney can receive signifying highest level of professional excellence for their legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards.  Attorney Cummins has also secured a 10/10 rating on the website as well.

Distinguished Defense Attorney of the Year

In 2014, Attorney Cummins was awarded the Distinguished Defense Attorney of the Year Award by the Pennsylvania Defense Institute.  This is the highest annual award given by that group, which is comprised of hundreds of attorneys and claims professionals from all across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Best Lawyers in America

Attorney Cummins has been selected to appear in The Best Lawyers in America Directory every year since 2015.  This honor is limited to less than 5% of attorneys across the country.  To date, he is the only attorney in all of northeastern Pennsylvania to be selected to appear in this prestigious Directory under the category of "Personal Injury - Defense" attorneys.

Super Lawyers

Attorney Cummins has been selected as a Super Lawyer by the Philadelphia Magazine publication every year since 2015.  This honor is bestowed upon attorneys as selected by their peers for excellence in the practice of law.

Lawyers on the Fast Track

Earlier in his career, in September, 2005, Attorney Cummins was honored as one of only 35 lawyers across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under the age of 40 to be recognized by American Law Media as a “Lawyer on the Fast Track.”  This recognition was issued by a committee comprised of bar association leaders and a law school dean and was given to attorneys who have exhibited excellence in advocacy, advancement of the law, community service, and service to the bar.  To date, Mr. Cummins remains one of only three attorneys from Northeastern, Pennsylvania to ever have been so recognized. 

Schnader Print Media Awards

In both 2006 and 2007, Attorney Cummins was awarded First Place in the Weekly Newspapers category of the noted Schnader Print Media Awards, honoring excellence in legal writing and analysis in Pennsylvania publications, for articles of his that appeared in the Pennsylvania Law Weekly.

More recently, in 2010, Mr. Cummins was awarded second place in Beat Coverage and second place in Editorial/Commentary categories for Weekly Newspapers in the Schnader Print Media Awards Competition.

Attorney Cummins has gone on to win the award on several more occasions in recent years as well. 

PERSONAL

Outside of the practice of law Attorney Cummins enjoys reading, writing, traveling, physical fitness, and coaching little league baseball, basketball, volleyball, flag football and soccer.  He is also an avid fan of the Phillies, Eagles, and Villanova basketball.  Mr. Cummins is married and has three sons.